missus

See also: Missus

English

Etymology

Representing a typical pronunciation of Mrs, a corrupted form of Mistress.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.əz/

Noun

missus (plural missuses)

  1. (colloquial) Wife.
    Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.
    The missus has a list of chores for me to do this weekend.
  2. (colloquial) Term of address for a woman.
    • 2013, C. S. Peters, On a Wing and a Prayer (page 161)
      Look ere Missus! Little Joey's me bruvva. E stays wiv me. We aint goin ter be split up.

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of mittō (send).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmis.sus/, [ˈmɪs.sʊs]

Participle

missus m (feminine missa, neuter missum); first/second declension

  1. sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been caused to go
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:25
      et missus est angelus Domini sanctus Rafahel ut curaret ambos quorum uno tempore fuerat oratio in conspectu Domini recitata (And the holy angel of the Lord, Raphael was sent to heal them both, whose prayers at one time were rehearsed in the sight of the Lord.)
  2. let go, having been let go, released, having been released, discharged, having been discharged
  3. thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been hurled, cast, having been cast, launched, having been launched
  4. sent out, having been sent out, emitted, having been emitted
  5. uttered, having been uttered
  6. dismissed, having been dismissed, disregarded, having been disregarded
  7. put to an end, having been put to an end

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative missus missa missum missī missae missa
Genitive missī missae missī missōrum missārum missōrum
Dative missō missae missō missīs missīs missīs
Accusative missum missam missum missōs missās missa
Ablative missō missā missō missīs missīs missīs
Vocative misse missa missum missī missae missa

Descendants

References

  • missus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • missus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • missus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • missus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to speak without circumlocution: missis ambagibus dicere
    • correspondence: litterae missae et allatae
    • (ambiguous) a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
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